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{{Information |Description=Jeremah Horrock's observation of Venus transit across the Sun in 1639. From his work ''Venus in sole visa'', printed 1662 |Source=Scanned and digitised from the original book by Franz Kerschbaum & Thomas Posch, Vienna University
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